tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post8530567885422521114..comments2024-03-29T17:12:19.648+13:00Comments on Bowalley Road: Poll PositioningChris Trotterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09081613281183460899noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-10854254133846529742011-06-30T20:45:28.088+12:002011-06-30T20:45:28.088+12:00Hone is as far left as suits him this week. And of...Hone is as far left as suits him this week. And of course Hone's believers are mostly young, those who have known him over the years are not so keen.ani nil carborundumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18168380495877191708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-14779590392793913462011-06-27T00:18:52.428+12:002011-06-27T00:18:52.428+12:00Hone is more left than Kelvin. And much of labour ...Hone is more left than Kelvin. And much of labour (Grey haired Goff) is a lot older than many of the te mana party support base. <br /><br />A lot of Ngapuhi is young and urban, they will make up a section of Te Mana's base if it becomes a mass party.<br /><br />Congrats on the win Hone and Te Mana.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-55042792548535046982011-06-26T14:38:02.705+12:002011-06-26T14:38:02.705+12:00Old age and treachery versus "youthful ideali...Old age and treachery versus "youthful idealism" is a very rosy eyed view of things.<br />The very middle aged Harawira is up against Davis who is a relative new comer to politics and some ten years more youthful, chronologically speaking.<br />The back up team of McCarten, Bradford can hardly be seen as youthful, or free from hard boiled political scheming. <br />And Hone might have adapted his politics of grievance and racial nationalism to accommodate a few fine bits of left rhetoric but any naivety belongs to the elderly Maori Party candidate and those columnists and commentators who would believe Hone's recent enthusiasm for the Left.ani nil carborundumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18168380495877191708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-13845736023054625692011-06-26T10:17:13.993+12:002011-06-26T10:17:13.993+12:00The problem Hone had with the Maori party was the ...The problem Hone had with the Maori party was the "sell out". The "sell out" was really about political realities and especially not being able be specific about which beach where. Now Hone's canoe will sink lower in the water if he espouses his hard line and his leftist sychophants may get their pants wet.jhnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-44668932978626399522011-06-26T00:58:19.498+12:002011-06-26T00:58:19.498+12:00Uncross those fingers Chris. Hone lives. They...Uncross those fingers Chris. Hone lives. They'll try to crucify him, natch: but time's short, Tari's a convert, and Matt's mortally motivated. Expect the unexpected: for Phil it's Damascus or bust.<br />akAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-72682711773519389582011-06-25T17:12:21.402+12:002011-06-25T17:12:21.402+12:00Another demonstration of why if Labour try and tak...Another demonstration of why if Labour try and take on Key directly he will run circles around them. Why did Key say Labour guy had a good chance? Because it is in his interests that Labour win the seat.<br /><br /> If mana guy wins, then they chip away at the Green left/marxist - don't accept that radical communism type schemes have killed 100s of millions ( as applied Greenism may be starting to do in 3rd world) - type base which also enhances Labour carving up the pragmatic Green left support (which is majority of the Green social vote). This along with m.m.p flip of Green votes for National govt, carves most of their vote to Labour while lumping Green party with National to general electorate.<br /><br /> But unlike opposite Green party effect, a Mana party in parliament makes the Labour party stronger in providing an more authentic left, just as NZ First does in providing an effective non left traditional social democracy base for confused pop. segment exasperated by Labour & National.<br /><br /> And i don't see why it wouldn't good to cover Act part of spectrum where it is prudent to in trade offs, for if Act party throw away opportunities of policy that are in line with that general support base, then who's loss is it?<br /><br /> But alias, it seems the Labour thinking department, i'm assuming they have a thinking department, is dead keen to keep themselves perceived and their options <b>limited</b> to a small section of the market for themselves - being too insecure to trade any of it away - and thus have their party disintegrate in a land slide loss so it can be totally taken over.<br /><br /> - Mstr Humphery Pinkerwinkle the 15th -Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-74776574324714819382011-06-24T21:19:07.729+12:002011-06-24T21:19:07.729+12:00So its old-age and treachery versus youthful ideal...So its old-age and treachery versus youthful idealism is it.<br /><br />Chris, time to change your old record.<br /><br />man if all we can work with or crawl up the bum of is in that arena we will always be going round the mulberry bush.<br /><br />Sad thing, the 'hard left' Hone people discredit Marxism whenever they get out of bed. The nice bright tool kit bequeathed us they use to sit upon and eat their vegan panini lunches.<br /><br />I hope Hone wins. No big hope with that at all.<br /><br />He has no cluse, but will drag some of our street agro into the man's house with him. Good.<br />Go Hone. <br />All of you marxists. don't expect any goodys for throwing away your heritage.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-14957957352594232342011-06-24T20:39:48.544+12:002011-06-24T20:39:48.544+12:00All over by 9.30 ? Not if Hone loses...I may well ...All over by 9.30 ? Not if Hone loses...I may well be very wrong, but I pick him for a spectacularly poor loser.Ayrdalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12277759681727009183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-71323243207580734082011-06-24T17:54:09.420+12:002011-06-24T17:54:09.420+12:00Mr Trotter, are you sure about that?
"Faced ...Mr Trotter, are you sure about that?<br /><br /><b>"Faced with a united opposition, a candidate has to win more than half of the votes cast."</b><br /><br />If your ratbag friend wins 3,000 votes, Mr Davis wins 2,500 votes and the other feller, Mr Tipene, wins 1,000 votes; is not your ratbag friend the winner with less than 50%?<br /><br />We haven't got around to distributing second preferences in NZ yet, have we?Adolf Fiinkenseinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08045358863278087055noreply@blogger.com